Queens hotel whose owner has been tied to Adams administration officials raided by feds

A Queens edifice that is being utilized by the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice and whose proprietor has been tied to apical Adams medication officials was raided past week arsenic portion of a national investigation, the Daily News has learned.

The hotel, the Mayflower Hotel successful Long Island City, is owned by Weihong Hu, who has ties to erstwhile apical Adams authoritative Winnie Greco.

Authorities executed a Thursday greeting hunt warrant astatine the edifice arsenic portion of an Eastern District of New York investigation, sources said. The edifice is presently being utilized arsenic a transitional location for recently released inmates.

It was unclear what the people of the probe was, what was taken during the serach oregon if it is related to different ongoing probes.

Officials astatine City Hall could not instantly beryllium reached for comment.

The quality outlet, The City, reported successful May that Hu hosted Greco connected taxpayers’ dime for much than 8 months astatine the Wyndham Garden Fresh Meadows, Queens, different edifice she owns. Hu besides threw run fundraisers with Adams contiguous astatine the Fresh Meadows edifice erstwhile helium was moving for politician successful 2021, The City reported.

The Wyndham Garden was being utilized for the aforesaid former-inmate transitional lodging purposes successful a programme tally by the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.

Greco resigned from Adams administration in October.

Hu’s lawyer said helium did not cognize thing astir the raid and suggested it whitethorn beryllium related to the inmates housed successful the hotel.

Adams was indicted successful September connected charges helium solicited and accepted amerciable straw donations for his run successful speech for carrying retired governmental favors. He has pleaded not blameworthy and his proceedings is scheduled for April.